Moms in Bikinis

[Anonymous]

I think well fitted bikini generally looks better than a one piece. That one piece isn’t covering your belly and typically makes it look larger/worse than a well cut/fitted one piece suit.

[Anonymous]

Sheesh I was supposed to see that some of the comments on here are so mean! I wear a very modest combo of board shorts and a rash guard because that’s what I feel comfortable in even though I’m thin. Never occurred to me until reading these comments that people might be judging me. But I’ll just go back to assuming that they don’t care enough to do that since I don’t care too much.

[Anonymous]

I should make my DH read this thread so he understands why I sometimes exhibit a lot of anxiety around going to the pool with the family or a beach or pool vacation. I work not to feel it, but I know other women are scrutinizing my body and my swimsuit and sometimes I just do not feel emotionally prepared for that.

For me I also just don't love showing a lot of skin. Even pre-kids. I don't judge others for showing skin, in fact I admire how free some people feel with their bodies, but it's not me. For me it's both a comfort thing (I don't like feeling like I'm wearing underwear at the pool, I want to feel more covered up than that) and practical, because I'm pale and burn-prone and the more covered I am the less I have to stress about sunblock.

But I actually feel somewhat liberated in the last 10 years or so because it is no a bit more fashionable to wear a one piece (and there are more flattering and fashionable one pieces available) plus I think there is less pressure to be tan. So I feel less self-conscious now, wearing a more full coverage one piece (I even have one that is rash guard style so it covers my back and arms) and being pale, than I did a couple decades ago when I think that would have really made me stand out in a negative way at the pool.